Big Prairie township, Newaygo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Big Prairie township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Big Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2207
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 114
- South: 104
- West: 58
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 647
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 809
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,100
Housing units in Big Prairie township with a mortgage: 231 (12 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 84
- Construction (19%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Prairie township:
- German (23.7%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- English (11.9%)
- Dutch (11.6%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- French (except Basque) (6.5%)
- Polish (5.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- Germany (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 730 (79%)
- Carpooled: 152 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Wood (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (1%)
97.5% of residents of Big Prairie township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,527- In family households: 2,144 (607 male householders, 100 female householders)
566 spouses, 733 children (669 natural, 16 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 31 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 383 (187 male householders (152 living alone)), 116 female householders (87 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 343 2-persons, 132 3-persons, 119 4-persons, 77 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 239 1-person, 51 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
411 married couples with children.
155 single-parent households (65 men, 90 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |